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Betting tips for Leeds vs Newcastle: Premier League preview and odds
Tom McGarry’s Leeds vs Newcastle betting tips include 6/5 and 7/1-priced selections, with under 2.5 goals tipped in the fixture
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Our betting expert has three Leeds vs Newcastle tips for Saturday’s Premier League clash at Elland Road (12.30pm kick-off). Scroll down to see the analysis behind his selections.
Leeds vs Newcastle betting tips
- Double chance – Leeds or draw @ 6/5 with Betfred
- Under 2.5 goals in the match @ 6/5 with Betfred
- Weston McKennie and Joelinton to be carded @ 7/1 with Betfred
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Leeds can stop the rot
Time is fast running out for relegation-threatened Leeds United and they could certainly do with a positive result when Champions League-chasing Newcastle United visit Elland Road for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off in the domestic top flight.
The Whites head into the match next to bottom in the table and two points adrift of safety after a six-match winless run, although there were reasons to be slightly less gloomy following their narrow 2-1 defeat at Manchester City last time out, in what was new head coach Sam Allardyce’s first match in charge.
He will now be hoping to secure a victory from his first home game in the Leeds dugout against one of his former sides Newcastle, who can further cement their place in the top four by collecting all three points on their trip to West Yorkshire.
Nobody was expecting Leeds to get anything from their visit to the Etihad Stadium last weekend, but the nature of their loss to league leaders City will have given Allardyce some encouragement.
The Whites certainly need to start picking up results soon, as they have only taken one point from the last 18 available in the Premier League, on a run that has well and truly deposited them deep in the drop zone.
However, Allardyce knows all about getting teams out of trouble and perhaps will take a little solace from Leeds’ home record over the course of the season, with 21 of their 30 points to date coming at Elland Road.
One of those rare away points was at Newcastle in the reverse fixture on New Year’s Eve, and the Whites have lost just one of their previous six meetings with the Magpies.
Newcastle head into the match third in the standings and they can move a step closer to securing a top-four finish with a victory this weekend. But they lost at home to Arsenal last time out and it is less than a month since they were resoundingly beaten 3-0 on the road at Aston Villa.
Given Leeds’ form it is difficult to back the hosts to secure the victory on Saturday, but they could be worth considering in the double chance market, as even a point could prove crucial for Allardyce and Co come the end of the season.
Leeds vs Newcastle tip 1: Double chance – Leeds or draw @ 6/5 with Betfred
Tense and tight battle expected
One of Allardyce’s main jobs since arriving at Leeds has been to tighten up the leakiest defence in the Premier League and there were signs of that taking effect against City.
The Whites have already shown they are capable of stifling Newcastle after holding them to a 0-0 draw earlier in the season, while in each of the previous three meetings between these two sides there have been under 2.5 goals scored.
Newcastle have been free-flowing at times this campaign, but they have failed to score in four of their past nine away fixtures in the Premier League. They may struggle to find the back of the net in this one as well, while Leeds have not netted more than once in all of their previous six assignments.
Leeds vs Newcastle tip 2: Under 2.5 goals in the match @ 6/5 with Betfred
Midfield pair no strangers to yellow cards
Two of the Premier League’s more robust midfielders will lock horns in this game, with Leeds man Weston McKennie set to go up directly against Newcastle’s Joelinton.
USA international McKennie only joined the Whites on loan from Juventus in January, but he has already collected seven cautions from just 13 starts in the Premier League – the joint most of any player in the Whites squad.
However, he still has some way to go to match Joelinton, who has received 12 yellows during the 2022-23 campaign, the joint most in the top flight.
These two players seem to find it hard not to get their names in referees’ notebooks and it would be no surprise to see them both pick up a card on Saturday, perhaps even during the same incident.
Leeds vs Newcastle tip 3: Weston McKennie and Joelinton to be carded @ 7/1 with Betfred
Leeds vs Newcastle odds
Odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.
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